Dawn, Fla. (AP) — John Tavares scored with 21.3 seconds remaining in overtime and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Florida 2-1 on Monday evening to snap the Panthers’ 6-video game profitable streak.
Auston Matthews also scored for Toronto, netting his 40th of the time. Ilya Samsonov produced 46 saves.
Brandon Montour scored for Florida and tied the franchise document for targets by a defenseman in a time with his 16th. Goalie Alex Lyon made 23 will save and dropped for the very first time in seven straight begins in spot of Sergei Bobrovsky.
The Panthers managed to achieve a point and moved closer to a playoff place in the Eastern Meeting. Florida has absent 6–1 considering that dropping in Ottawa on March 27.
“That activity could have long gone either way,” Montour mentioned. “They played well, both of those goalies performed well and we finished up finding a level out of it. It certainly would have been far better to get the excess place, but we are alright.”
Just after a scoreless opening 37-in addition minutes, the Maple Leafs took a 1- lead when Matthews deflected a very long shot by Mitch Marner with 2:13 remaining in the next period.
The Panthers tied the rating midway through the 3rd when Montour scored on a feed from Carter Verhaeghe.
“That was a substantial level for us,” Lyon explained. “The guys performed so effectively in front of me, they produced my occupation basic. It is tricky going into the third down 1- and it is easy to be discouraged … but we held the pedal to the metal and that is the indication of a seriously superior group.”
With a earn in their standard-year finale Thursday towards the going to Carolina Hurricanes, the Panthers can clinch a playoff location — if they had not performed so prior to, depending on how the Pittsburgh Penguins do on Tuesday in opposition to Chicago.
“Five game titles back, we hoped we would make that previous match and have a probability,’’ Florida coach Paul Maurice said. “We have earned a two-day block of rest right before the most significant sport of the calendar year. Now we can say it is the largest video game of the 12 months.’’
NOTEWORTHY: Two times following his collegiate vocation at the University of Minnesota arrived to an stop, Matthew Knies manufactured his NHL debut with the Maple Leafs. Knies, a second round decide in 2021, was the Huge 10 Participant of the Year and a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award. Knies performed 13:09 over 18 shifts. Owing to salary cap considerations, the Maple Leafs extra junior goalie Nick Chenard to their roster in time for the match on Monday. Chenard, 21, played for the Owen Audio Attack in the Ontario Hockey League this season. … Lyon was named the NHL 3rd Star of the Week soon after heading 3– and permitting only 5 plans on 122 shots faced for the Panthers. He is the very first Florida goalie to be honored by the league this time. … Florida D Marc Staal performed in his 1,100th NHL game on Monday. The 36-year-previous has appeared in all 81 online games for the Panthers this period.
UP Upcoming
Maple Leafs: At Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night time.
Panthers: Host Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday night time.
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